{"id":696,"date":"2014-03-06T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/ens-on-sales\/?p=696"},"modified":"2014-03-06T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T15:43:57","slug":"radio-roi-dont-wait-until-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/radio-roi-dont-wait-until-its-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio ROI: Don&#8217;t wait until it&#8217;s too late!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">We seem to be asked more and more about radio&#8217;s ROI (Return on Investment) these days. By the time an advertiser conducts a &#8220;survey&#8221; to determine if customers were motivated by radio, they are already beginning to question our results and turning that doubt into confidence is no easy task.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Very often that doubt is ignited by online analytics where advertisers can see in color how many clicks, opens, likes and followers they have generated. When they measure clicks and likes instead of sales and profits, they&#8217;ve begun the slippery slope towards trying to validate harder to measure media like radio.<br \/>\nOur Radio R.O.I. workshop arms radio sales people with several proven tools to answer the &#8220;how do I measure my results?&#8221; question. It&#8217;s effective, generates sales, and reduces attrition rates.<br \/>\nBut just as important as learning how to answer the ROI question is preventing the ROI question.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve heard that &#8220;an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure&#8221; but what are you doing to build confidence in radio advertising and to prevent doubt from creeping in?<br \/>\nHere are a few ounces of prevention you can initiate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be aggressive in your pursuit of local testimonials; written, audio recording, and videos.<\/li>\n<li>Use testimonials in blogs, on air, in presentations, on your website and emails.<\/li>\n<li>Get agreement up front on how you will be measured, and make sure that measure is realistic.<\/li>\n<li>If they&#8217;re measuring sales, make sure their staff knows about the campaign and is on board to sell to the target audience.<\/li>\n<li>If they&#8217;re measuring web views, make sure your creative drives people to their website.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct regular post campaign analysis with your client to monitor what&#8217;s working and what&#8217;s not and how they feel about the campaign? Then make your adjustments accordingly.<\/li>\n<li>Email regular educational blogs like our <a title=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001W7TDz1XrGekNgH5b467gO80CA_KD-HHrunEly4FhQldRMhNSBwS1guBhyVxxgTASqMmwKll4y_ccKYhxKDyR2IE-53l2wjiSXMLvlzGQOhCwIITqGWQ9iHnBQLFfDQ2BjMCUo7bCAdqYwO6UsySobYpcjTMDOjkuv4Dxg7IpDUPce-milpzuzA-r9sQO1ez_tUoZMyW3tjoSbXb2x7ARUr9tb0cwykrPrUTu9Utkel1_m-rdR94gbA==&amp;c=vs59UkaxRRaBgikp85sLqpxoOVLb18XkrbTdqE1QCvU8vtWrFiPmag==&amp;ch=0l0uayKrw-XPq5yk_j-BqwfNijUFGqnZnoXtQ4P6wX2pc3gyAfUatg==\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001W7TDz1XrGekNgH5b467gO80CA_KD-HHrunEly4FhQldRMhNSBwS1guBhyVxxgTASqMmwKll4y_ccKYhxKDyR2IE-53l2wjiSXMLvlzGQOhCwIITqGWQ9iHnBQLFfDQ2BjMCUo7bCAdqYwO6UsySobYpcjTMDOjkuv4Dxg7IpDUPce-milpzuzA-r9sQO1ez_tUoZMyW3tjoSbXb2x7ARUr9tb0cwykrPrUTu9Utkel1_m-rdR94gbA==&amp;c=vs59UkaxRRaBgikp85sLqpxoOVLb18XkrbTdqE1QCvU8vtWrFiPmag==&amp;ch=0l0uayKrw-XPq5yk_j-BqwfNijUFGqnZnoXtQ4P6wX2pc3gyAfUatg==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">SoundADvice<\/a> to reinforce radio&#8217;s strategic role in their marketing success.<\/li>\n<li>Make certain the schedule has the reach and frequency necessary to achieve the client&#8217;s goals.<\/li>\n<li>Notify your friends, family and peers about the campaign and if they shop at that business, encourage them to mention they heard about it on the radio.<\/li>\n<li>Take credit for all you do, documenting the work you&#8217;ve done from the creative brief to the schedule, and anything else that you do for the client.<\/li>\n<li>When you have a valid business reason, be front and center, face to face with the client as often as is humanly possible.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t think of an order as closing the sale, think of it as beginning to work your butt off for the client.<\/li>\n<li>Most importantly, copy is king. There is no such thing as a media that does not work; there are only messages that don&#8217;t work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, there will be instances where a cure is required for clients who question radio&#8217;s results. <a title=\"mailto:alysia@wensmedia.com;angela@wensmedia.com?subject=I%20would%20like%20to%20learn%20more%20about%20facilitating%20a%20Radio%20ROI%20Workshop.\" href=\"mailto:alysia@wensmedia.com;angela@wensmedia.com?subject=I%20would%20like%20to%20learn%20more%20about%20facilitating%20a%20Radio%20ROI%20Workshop.\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about facilitating our Radio ROI Workshop in your market or at your annual conference to train your account executives how to cure the most difficult ROI problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0We seem to be asked more and more about radio&#8217;s ROI (Return on Investment) these days. By the time an advertiser conducts a &#8220;survey&#8221; to determine if customers were motivated by radio, they are already beginning to question our results and turning that doubt into confidence is no easy task. 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